How Does the Growing Popularity of Baseball During the Gilded

How does the growing popularity of baseball during the Gilded Age support the idea that American men were undergoing a "crisis of masculinity"?

A) It suggests that men wanted to preserve aspects of an older way of life amid urbanization and industrialization.
B) It demonstrates a rejection of the violence associated with sports like bare-knuckle fighting and boxing.
C) It was a way of retaining male dominance of the public sphere.
D) It demonstrates a preference for teamwork and collaboration rather than one-on-one competition.